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May 23, 2013
World conference for science journalists invites

24-28 June WCSJ2013 to be held in Helsinki. Nordic Journalist Centre provides grant for Barents Russia journalists to participate in the conference

May 3, 2013
Journalists from Barents Russia to attend a historic event

3-4 June Kirkenes declaration- 2 is to be signed in Norway's Kirkenes. This document will determine the strategies for further development of cooperation in the Barents  Region   for the next few decades. Barents secretariat is planning to invite a group of journalists from Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions and from Karelia to cover the event.Nordic Journalist Centre from Denmark also supports this project.

May 3, 2013
Apatity, thank you!

April 25-28 in the city of Apatity there was  held the XVIII Conference of the international journalists network  Barents Press International. More than a hundred participants from Norway, Finland, Sweden and Russia discussed the issues of journalism and the processes occurring in the Barents region.

Apr 22, 2013
Media and authorities - topic discussed at the webinar in Petrozavodsk
Apr 19, 2013
“I will make interview in English. Soon…”
Apr 9, 2013
Nordiske dager i Murmansk , 15-21. april
Mar 25, 2013
TV journalists dummies were burned in Apatity
Feb 25, 2013
Barents Press International annual conference in Apatity
Jan 31, 2013
Murmansk journalists expectations for the Barents Mediasphere
Jan 27, 2013
Tundra voice will sound at full capacity
Jan 24, 2013
Finnish TV radio channel YLE invites Russian speaking journalists
Jan 18, 2013
Young photographers are invited for courses and competition
Jan 17, 2013
20 Barents years
Dec 18, 2012
Watchdogs in Norwegian journalism
Dec 10, 2012
Barents Mediasphere aims to help journalists and to serve better information
 

€4 million to democracy and human rights

Dec 29, 2010

The Swedish Government grants 37 million SEK (€4 million) to support democratic movements, media, organizations and human rights work in Northwest Russia.


In addition to the Russian part of the Barents Region, the grant can be used in Leningrad, Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Novgorod and Pskov regions.

The Swedish Government writes in its decision that the grant shall be spent on projects that increase the citizens’ influence and participation in democratic processes.

Also, the grant can be used on projects supporting gender equality and independent media.

The allocation of funding is a part of Sweden’s strategy for supporting democracy and human rights in Russia for the period 2010 to 2013 handled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

 

Thomas Nilsen, BarentsObserver.com

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